Re: Task and Skills messages

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de> [2004-03-15 20:42]:
> IMHO the templates can be regarded as an inofficial standard; tests
> should not be weaker than them;

Oh, they can be slightly weaker.  Joerg's templates are good starting
point; it shouldn't be *much* less than that, but I have no problems
when the ELF questions are removed (I do that myself).

> however, I don't think that a little freedom on the AM's side hurts.

Yes, Joerg's templates are basically an orientation, but you can
certainly deviate from them.
>
> E.g.  Martin Michlmayr said that he won't put my additional tasks
> (package correction, RC bug fixing, writing actual manpage for a
> program that does not already have one, and applicant-specific ones)
> into the official templates; however, he appreciates them.

I like them, and wish all AMs would ask their applicants to fix RC
bugs because that's a practical test and actually helps Debian.  But I
felt they don't fit in well with the quite rigid templates... most AMs
just use the template as it is, and I don't feel comfortable asking
applicants to fix RC bugs just in a template... it should be done on a
case per case basis.

(Don't know if this was clear at all now...)
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com